What do you treasure? Who do you admire? What great acts of kindness have you received? If you had to give the gift of a story, whose story would you tell?
Our Neighbourhood Company have been asking these questions of themselves, and venturing out to the Shepherds Bush community to find the people who are local treasures and unearth their acts of kindness and giving to others. They’ve developed skills in community research and conducting interviews and Mudlarking: Audio Stories is an exhibition showcasing the conversations they’ve recorded with their local treasures.
Audio Stories Contributors: Andrew Frederick, Sara Murphy, Susan Amadio, Lara Bruce, Doig Simmands, Robin Davies, Annie, Alyssa.
This stunning free interactive audio exhibition takes over the Bush front of house area for a limited run of one week.
You might also be interested in the Neighbourhood Company’s Mudlarking: Poetry and Spoken Word event
No booking is required, just ask for a ‘Mudlarking Treasure Map’ from our Box Office.
Note: Smart phone and headphones required. Please ensure to consult the Exhibition Opening Times.
Please email [email protected] for the online only version of the exhibition.
Bella Kear graduated LAMDA in July 2021 with a First-Class Honours Degree in Production and Technical Arts.
Credits as a Sound Designer include: Invisible, Clutch, Elephant and The Kola Nut Does not Speak English (Bush Theatre); The Animal Kingdom (Hampstead); The Night Woman (Other Palace); First Love is the Revolution (East15); The Faith Machine (RADA); Pelican Daughters, Education, Education, Education (ArtsEd); Darling (Hope).
Credits as an Associate Sound Designer include: Newsies (Troubadour Wembley Park); Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner (Swedish Transfer); Edith (The Lowry); Purple Snowflakes (Royal Court); Blue/Orange (Theatre Royal Bath); A Place For We (Park).
Maja Lach (pronounced “My-ah”) is a freelance stage manager and migrant based in London. Originally from Poland, she had never lived this close to the sea before and has been consistently cold since 2018. She’s interested in creating accessible theatre with a focus on disability, community and immigrant issues. She wants to amplify queer, migrant and minority voices in theatre, starting with her own. Her credits include: Circ-ulate at Jacksons Lane, Addictive Beat for Boundless Theatre and Diary of a Somebody at the Seven Dials Playhouse. She is currently working as SM on The Misandrist at the Arcola Theatre.
Molly is a theatre-maker & playwright. Recent projects include; The Keyworkers Cycle (Almeida Theatre), Sweet Silver Song of the Lark (Nordland Teater, Norway), Sinder (Dundee Rep), Me for the World (Young Vic Taking Part). Her plays for young people include; The Wave (Almeida), What Was Left (Southwark Playhouse), Cacophony (Almeida / The Yard). Her play Old Times will be performed at the National Theatre in June 2023, as part of the NT Connections Festival. As a dramaturg & facilitator, she runs writing programmes for young people at the Donmar Warehouse & Lyric Hammersmith.
Neighbourhood Company is Bush Theatre’s resident adult theatre group. Between September – April each year, our group of local theatre-makers chooses a professional artist to partner with as they co-create and perform an original production on our stage each year. Past Neighbourhood Company productions include; The Neighbourhood Project (2016), Philoxenia (2019), Keep a Light On For Those Who Are Lost (2021), and People Show 142: WE ARE HERE (2022).
